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Bone Hormone Influences Brain Development and Cognition

September 27, 2013

27 September 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have found that the skeleton, acting through the bone-derived hormone osteocalcin, exerts a powerful influence on prenatal brain development and cognitive functions such as learning, memory, anxiety, and depression in adult mice.…...

September 27, 2013

27 September 2013, Article, Newsletter, OT, SPD

[Source: Fab Strategies Blog] After 30 years as an occupational therapist treating sensory integration difficulties to improve functional skills in children and adolescents, I still find understanding and explaining sensory integration disorders challenging. Clearly describing and explaining sensory integration disorders promotes sensory…...

September 26, 2013

27 September 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

This is wonderful! If you ever wanted a single illustration that could show your colleagues how a child with autism might think differently about certain things – and be ‘spot on’ in his own way – this would be it! This photo…...

September 26, 2013

27 September 2013, Language, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Young children readily learn words from their parents, grandparents, and child care providers in live conversations, but learning from video has proven more difficult. A new study questioned why and found that it’s the responsiveness of the interactions that’s…...

September 26, 2013

Art Therapy, Article, Newsletter, OT, SLP

By: Pamela Ullmann, ATR-BC, LCAT Art Therapy as opposed to Art Education generally emphasizes process over the finished art product. We as art therapists are not instructors in artistic skills, but rather facilitators of artistic media to help clients express themselves and…...

September 25, 2013

27 September 2013, News of the Week, SLP

by Audrey Taylor Klingersmith Hi SLPeeps and SLP2Bs! A group of us are conducting some preliminary research via survey about how SLPs and SLP students are using Twitter professionally and academically. If you use Twitter at all (even infrequently), we’d love to…...

September 25, 2013

27 September 203, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering

[Source: The Stuttering Foundation] by Voon Pang When I read headlines that say “One in Ten Children Stutter, But It’s No Big Deal” or “Study: Preschoolers’ Stuttering Not Harmful,” I tend to think of the implications they have for the time constrained…...

September 24, 2013

27 September 2013, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

by Kristin Cummings and The SLP Book Club I am so glad that Schuyler’s Monster was chosen for July’s book for the SLP Book Club! This is a book that I have already passed on to friends and parents to read. Schuyler’s…...

September 24, 2013

"Tip or Resource", 27 September 2013, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Social Skills

Debra L. Kerner M.S. CCC/SLP This app is designed for parents, speech-language pathologists and others who work with social skill groups for ages 3-10. While the authors originally designed the app for those ages, I feel this app could easily be used…...

A New Drug Target for Batten Disease

September 24, 2013

27 September 2013, Batten Disease, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] An antioxidant drug that alleviates cell death and extends lifespan in a mouse model of Batten disease – a devastating childhood neurodegenerative disorder – is reported online this week in Nature Neuroscience. These results indicate that drugs with…...